The Language of God: And So It Begins
By B.J. Marshall In The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, Francis Collins presents what he believes to be the strongest arguments for theism: what he calls the "Moral Law," the...
View ArticleThe Language of God: A Shoddy Harmonization
The Language of God, Chapter 4 By B.J. Marshall Collins mentions some creationist positions in light of the fossil record. It's obvious he doesn't agree with these arguments: "[n]o serious biologist...
View ArticleThe Language of God: On Darwin
The Language of God, Chapter 4 By B.J. Marshall Collins spends only three pages discussing the history of Darwin's publishing his theory of evolution through natural selection, but there are a few...
View ArticleThe Language of God: Grandeur in Life
The Language of God, Chapter 4 By B.J. Marshall The last part of this chapter is a brief but pretty thorough overview of DNA and how it works. He gives a short background going through genetics (Mendel...
View ArticleThe Language of God: Size Doesn't Matter
The Language of God, Chapter 5 By B.J. Marshall In this section, Collins describes how "the study of genomes leads inexorably to the conclusion that we humans share a common ancestor with other living...
View ArticleThe Language of God: Clarke's Goalposts
The Language of God, Chapter 5 By B.J. Marshall At this point, Collins mentions, "godless materialists might be cheering. If humans evolved strictly by mutation and natural selection, who needs God to...
View ArticleThe Language of God: Intelligent Design
The Language of God, Chapter 9 By B.J. Marshall The subtitle to this chapter is "When Science Needs Divine Help," which immediately sets up a couple of problems. First, is Collins asserting that...
View ArticleThe Language of God: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Faith
The Language of God, Chapter 10 By B.J. Marshall Chapter 10 introduces Collins' concept of BioLogos, but first he gives an overview of Theistic Evolution (TE) and why it works to bridge science and...
View ArticleThe Language of God: Biologos: It's All Greek to Me
The Language of God, Chapter 10 By B.J. Marshall After formally laying out his premisses and his conclusions, Collins muses why Theistic Evolution (TE) hasn't caught on. He surmises that it simply...
View ArticleThe Language of God: Biologos: Epic Fail
The Language of God, Chapter 10 By B.J. Marshall In this chapter, Collins tackles the claim that BioLogos damages both science and religion. Collins disagrees in a way that fails so epically that it...
View ArticleThe Language of God: A Final Word
The Language of God, Closing Thoughts By B.J. Marshall Collins' final word comprises two points: that there is joy and peace in God's creation, and that the war between science and spirit should end....
View ArticleDarwin's Long Regret
Since we've been reading a lot lately about scientists pandering to religion, it's worth remembering that there's nothing new under the sun. As long as there's been science, there have been believers...
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